[annyokie]

No kidding. I gave my boys easy to spell and pronounce first names (germantic last name, often mispronounced) just to make their lives easier. Being "Bob" and "Joe" is much less of a burden than being "Antyoine" or ""Sheneequaah" let alone Ashleigh, Ashley, Ash-Lee, Ashlee, etc.

No lie: I had a friend who had two daughters named Cassiddy and McKenzie (WTF?). Had a thrd named Zoey, and then triplets named Dakota, English and (I can't recall her name.)

Barf. Why consign yourkids to a lifetime of spelling their names?

[egalois]

"Why consign yourkids to a lifetime of spelling their names?"

I thought I was making it easy by naming my son Philip. However, he constantly has to tell people that he is a one-L Philip, not a two-L.

[Go Gordon]

Why consign yourkids to a lifetime of spelling their names?

A friend of the family's sister (white) married a serviceman (black muslim) and they named their kids after colors Turquoise and Indigo (sp?).

Maybe Ms. Goode should have named her daughter Isabell Mary. Then she could just go by her initials I. M. Goode. It would help her self esteem and, Sheila Jackson Lee would get her wish of having blacks named after hurricanes (or vice versa).

[South40]

Bob Okie?

That's mean.

[Reagan79]

Yeah I hate those stupid yuppie names also. Ex. Madison, Mckenzie, Rivers, and Delaney. I guess I am a little old fashion and less trendy.

[shhrubbery!]

I had a friend who had two daughters named Cassiddy and McKenzie (WTF?). Had a thrd named Zoey, and then triplets named Dakota, English and (I can't recall her name.)

How can you be friends with someone that fatuously pretentious?